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Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 6.2% in Friday morning trading, and South Korea's Kospi briefly fell more than 8%, triggering a circuit breaker that halted trading for 20 minutes. Taiwan's benchmark also fell more than 8%. The drop followed Thursday's sell-off of…
✔ Sources: AP via KSAT, The National
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday in an open letter that he will change all 548 death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Death Penalty Information Center says it would be the largest mass clemency…
✔ Sources: AP via PBS NewsHour, Al Jazeera, ABC10 via Yahoo News
First Lady Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House on Thursday, including Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Ukrainian lawmaker David Arakhamia. She urged both sides to build on a recent six-day humanitarian truce in…
✔ Sources: Al Jazeera, NBC News via Yahoo, AFP via Arab News
More than a dozen passenger flights across Europe received bomb threats on Thursday, the second wave this week, causing diversions, emergency landings and security checks. Bulgarian air force jets escorted three airliners to the ground, and an Aer Lingus…
✔ Sources: The National, Anadolu Agency, Euronews
Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, announced Thursday that he is retiring from Portugal's national team after 23 years, with 146 goals in 234 appearances, the most of any man in international history. He cited a falling-out with coach Jorge Jesus. Ronaldo, who won…
✔ Sources: ESPN, Sky Sports, Anadolu Agency
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